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Old 05-02-2013, 11:22 AM
 
Location: Texas
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It may be "boilerplate" but it is wrong advice for any day or age!

That doesn't seem to register with them.
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Old 05-02-2013, 11:26 AM
 
Location: Charlotte
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So it is free market capitalism for us and socialism for them. How Republican.

Actually that would be called voluntary charity. Not forcibly taking from someone
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Old 05-02-2013, 11:26 AM
 
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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If recent graduates are unable to pay college loans how in hell are they supposed to pay for raising children? Do all the other Mormons contribute to each other so they can have as many children as possible? I did not hear him proposing some way to have a full employment society. I only heard about his full unemployment economy based on the first principles of Mammon or was that Mormon?
What? You didn't hear Ann Romney answer this question? She knows what it's like to be poor. She and Romney were so poor in college that they considered selling off some of their stock options!
So...if you can't pay off your college loans or raise a family, just sell off your stock options. The answer is right under your nose. Duh!
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Old 05-02-2013, 11:27 AM
 
Location: Charlotte
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Now if he said "start aborting babies as soon/often as possible" most of the responses in this thread would be the opposite.
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Old 05-02-2013, 11:32 AM
 
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Well, they did a nice job of citing the verse he quoted and then tacking on a whole bunch of stuff he didn't say regarding women.

I give them a B+.

If they had managed to somehow claim he also was a proponent of slavery then I'd give them an A, maybe A+.
That verse is the foundation of an entire movement: QuiverFull .com :: Psalm 127:3-5 You are right, he didn't say anything specific regarding women, but using this verse in the context of a speech encouraging early marriage and many children, sends a message. He inserts a homily about wife Ann proclaiming to Harvard MBAs that her profession as a mother was the toughest career choice she could have made and then launches into a discussion of career choices for the sitting grads. He's tacitly circumscribed what he thinks should be the career choice for the female grads sitting in the audience: marry, have lots of babies, and stay home to mother them.
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Old 05-02-2013, 11:33 AM
 
Location: FL
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What? You didn't hear Ann Romney answer this question? She knows what it's like to be poor. She and Romney were so poor in college that they considered selling off some of their stock options!
So...if you can't pay off your college loans or raise a family, just sell off your stock options. The answer is right under your nose. Duh!
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Old 05-02-2013, 11:34 AM
 
Location: Tampa Florida
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I think many missed what Mitt was saying. It's more like, "All ye over 50, white and well off, must have babies ASAP!".
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Old 05-02-2013, 11:38 AM
 
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That's standard advice older Mormons give to younger Mormons.

You could call it "LDS boilerplate" for any public speaking aimed at a young LDS audience.
As I said, we dodged a bullet by not putting another fanatically religious person in the WH.
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Old 05-02-2013, 11:39 AM
 
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It may be "boilerplate" but it is wrong advice for any day or age!
The mormon church or should I say the mormon bank will take care of them. Mormon banking is a very interesting concept.
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Old 05-02-2013, 11:53 AM
 
Location: Texas
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OP, don't know much about the Mormon Faith eh?
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